TripAdvisor Reviews Jambuluwuk Malioboro Yogyakarta

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... told the plane was delayed. Thank goodness! Vowing never again to leave it under three hours to get to the airport, we waited for our flight to Lombok. Eventually we were let on, and the flight itself was fine, being only 80 minutes long. We had arrived in Lombok...

I hope that everyone is happy, heathly, and still enjoying the blogs somewhat. Sorry they have been so slow, we have been busier than I ever could have imagined.

... gave us great views. We watched a great sunset from their. We chilled on the roof top and enjoyed some of the hotel food, as we couldn't be bothered to go out! Mark enjoyed his first Indonesian beer - Bintang.

Afterwards I had a mammoth talking session, as my 3 phone contact allows me to talk in Indonesia as if I am in the UK, so I ring my parents, Helen and Jessica. After so much talking I'm shattered and flop into bed. ...

... to do an hours trip. Pull into Prambanan temple which is the 3rd and final stop on the tour. It is also a 9th century Hindu temple and it turns out that this is just the largest temple in a complex of smaller templey type affairs. We only have an hour though so we make the most of wandering round this one and photoing it to death. Leah spots a kid passed out through heat exhaustion and gives the family one of our bottles of water. The next 45 mins consists ...

... had a guide as it is huge and we wanted to get the history and best route around it, the guide spoke good english and took us to the best bits. It took over a 100 years to complete and is a World Heritage site along with the Hindhu Temple. We spent nearly 3 hours there and as we left the coaches were pouring in. Our next stop was Prambanan a huge Hindhu Temple and again we shared a guide, the temple is still undergoing repairs after the 2006 earthquake but you can get in ...

... br style="-webkit-touch-callout: none;">After arriving on the Malioboro Road we scoured the Sosrowijayan gang off it for accommodation. After seeing one hostel with a pool that out of our price range I was eager to stay somewhere with a pool, particularly as I was so hot and in need of refreshing. We eventually settled for a mid range hotel with a pool. We frolicked in the pool for a while and tried - note 'tried' - in vain to teach Felix to swim, before heading out for ...